The gallants burden A sermon preached at Pauls Cross, the twenty nine of March,…The gallants burden A sermon preached at Paules Crosse, the twentie nine of March,…

Swearing and Whoredom I will join together, (as most sins go by couples) so the Prophet, The Land is full of Adulterers, and for Oaths the Land mourneth. Add unto Swearing, (the twin-brone brother of it) Cursing;¹ a sin that makes God (the summum bonum the base executioner of our revenge: How strange? when men grieve us, to turn our teen upon God, ⟨image 30⟩and rent him to pieces. Blasphemers against mortal Princes are killed with the sword, and all their estates confiscate: against the Prince of Heaven it is not regarded.²

Swearing and Whoredome I will ioyne togeather, (as most sinnes goe by couples) so the Prophet, The Land is full of Adulterers, and for Oathes the Land mourneth. Adde vnto Swearing, (the twin-brone brother of it) Cursing;¹ a sinne that makes God (the summum bonum the base executioner of our reuenge: How strange? when men grieue vs, to turne our teene vpon God, ⟨image 30⟩and rent him to peeces. Blasphemers against mortall Princes are killed with the sword, and all their estates confiscate: against the Prince of Heauen it is not regarded.²

1. 1Carnificem & Lictorem vindictae nostrae.
2. 2Gladio •eriuntur, bonis f•co datis &c.

I must not forget my Edomite, the Gallant: If you would see an Impostume conflate and swollen up with all these rank corruptions, all the former mischiefs, reconciling themselves to a wretched unity in one soul, a pack and bundle of sins, snatched from their several owners, (Envy from the Malicious, Haughtiness from the Proud, Derision from the Scorner, &c. and engrossed to one heart, an Emblem, a Pageant, a short Commentary of all the Devils proceedings, a Map of his walks, plots, and actions; behold the Gallant: I tax not the generous Spirit, whose birth and accoutrements are worthy and high, his mind humble. Oh how comely are good Clothes to a good Soul, when the Grace within, shall beautify the Attire without; and not gay Rags, impudently bear out Wicked actions: Far be it from me to think these Edomites, or any other thing, then the Diamonds, that grace our Ring, no, they are the gallant Esavites, the profane Roisters, to whom I speak, and that from a text of Repentance, desiring from my soul, that they may scape the Burden of Dumah, by rejecting the manners, and make more account of their Birth-right, then sell it for messes of Pottage, Lusts, and Vanities: But if they will note themselves with the Cole and Brand of Profaneness, they must not look to escape our Censures: we cannot hear their Oaths, beating the unvulnerable breast of Heaven, not see their Pride, testifying to their face, if they should plead innocence; nor be unwillingly conscious of their Atheistical Jests,